João 9

Jesus healed a man who was born blind.

1 As Jesus walked along with us, he saw a man who had been blind from the time he was born. 2 We disciples asked him, "Teacher, was this man blind from when he was born because his parents sinned or because he himself sinned?" 3 Jesus replied, "His being blind was not because he or his parents sinned. Instead, he has been blind in order that people can see the power of God {the power of God can be seen} as a result of what will now happen to him. 4 While there is still time, I must do the work that the one who sent me wants me to do. Just like daytime is followed by nighttime when people do not work, at the end of our lives [MET] it is too late for us to do what God wants. 5 While I am still living in this world, I am the one who enables people to know about God, like [MET] a light enables the people in [MTY] this world to see what is in the darkness."

6 After he said that, he spat on the ground. He made a little bit of mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 Then he said to him, "Go and wash in Siloam pool!" (That name means ‘sent;’ just like they sent the water by a channel into the pool, God sent Jesus). So the man went and washed in the pool, and when he went home he was able to see!